The Decline of Laughter
"What is needed, it seems to me, is a seriously rude, arrogant, and well-educated class of journalists, who would lend each other support in ridiculing the pretensions of their censors."
Friday, January 18, 2008
Monday, January 7, 2008
4Frontiers internship
So it finally happened. I'm now a research & technology intern at 4Frontiers Corporation. It's a space commerce company set up in 2005, incorporated in Florida, with the goal of eventually getting a privately funded manned base on Mars in an economically viable way (as opposed to Bush's so-called "Vision for Space Exploration" which will result in yet another taxpayer-fueled boondoggle on the Moon and a repeat of the Apollo flag-and-footprints missions on Mars). Not that I dislike space exploration - quite the opposite - but I despise those who would have us foot the bill for political advantage.
In any case, the private exploration and exploitation of space should be encouraged. And 4Frontiers is one of the few organizations spearheading the effort. In fact, they're actually doing much more about their goal than NASA is, with much fewer resources. Which says a lot about government-funded projects those days.
http://www.4frontierscorp.org
The name 4Frontiers comes from the "four frontiers" of the forthcoming space economy: Earth, Moon, Mars, and the asteroids. Their plan is to exploit the economic potential of the moon, Mars, and the asteroids as to create a sustainable manned venture to Mars. Here's the interns page. I'm on the bottom.
http://www.4frontierscorp.com/company/interns.php
Because there is a non-disclosure agreement limiting what I can say right now, I can only repeat what the company has already released in the media. I am working with a few other interns on a MarsBase1 concept, to be built on Earth for research and testing purposes and for "informative entertainment".
In any case, the private exploration and exploitation of space should be encouraged. And 4Frontiers is one of the few organizations spearheading the effort. In fact, they're actually doing much more about their goal than NASA is, with much fewer resources. Which says a lot about government-funded projects those days.
http://www.4frontierscorp.org
The name 4Frontiers comes from the "four frontiers" of the forthcoming space economy: Earth, Moon, Mars, and the asteroids. Their plan is to exploit the economic potential of the moon, Mars, and the asteroids as to create a sustainable manned venture to Mars. Here's the interns page. I'm on the bottom.
http://www.4frontierscorp.com/company/interns.php
Because there is a non-disclosure agreement limiting what I can say right now, I can only repeat what the company has already released in the media. I am working with a few other interns on a MarsBase1 concept, to be built on Earth for research and testing purposes and for "informative entertainment".
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